Asenath (Spiers) Holland (1730 - 1802)

Born 7 Jul 1730 in Herring Creek, Anne Arundel County, Maryland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Holland — married about 1752 in Maryland

Descendants

Died 1802 at about age 71 in Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Notes

Her last name was also spelled SPIRES in some records - not sure which was correct. Her name may have been spelled ABENTHA in family Bible records, or it could have been transcribed wrong. In every other family record, it is ASENATH.

Will Book C-1, p 119 - 3 Sep 1804 - ASENA HOLLAN, deceased, WILLIAM HOLLAN to administer estate. Estate Inventory, Book CC, Judge of Ordinary Court, 3 Sep 1804, Laurens Dist, SC - Expenses relative to Said Estate & also debts due: JOHN FRYER, acct previous to her death, $50 - Number of Legatees 8 (not named) - Paid Legatees $190.75 3/8 each.

Above is attached to more than one family tree at Ancestry. I have not seen the source documents. Note that her brother's name given here uses the Spires spelling.

Name

Asenath /Spiers/^[1]

Asenath /Spires/^[1]

Birth

Place: Herring Creek, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA

Date: 07 Jun 1730^[1]

Place: Prince George, Frederick, Maryland, USA

Date: 07 Jun 1730^[1]

Note: The place name above is confused. First, Prince George's is a county in Maryland. Second, there is a Frederick County, but it was not created until the 1740s. The city of Frederick is the county seat of Frederick County, and also did not exist until the 1740s. (All links to Wikipedia.)

Death

Date: 03 Aug 1802

Place: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA^[1]

Date: 03 Aug 1804

Place: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA^[1]

Date: 12 Aug 1802

Place: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA^[1]

Residence

Date: 1800

Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Abraham Holland

Wife: Asenath Spires

Date: 1752

Place: Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA^[1]

Child: William Holland

Child: Sarah Holland

Child: Jeremiah Holland

Child: Richard Holland

Child: Rezin Holland

Child: Thomas Rutledge Holland

Child: Mary Holland

Child: Basil Holland

Child: Rachel Holland

Sources

• Source: S1 Ancestry Member Trees. User submitted. Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations, 2006.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Source: Ancestry trees

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Spiers-45 created through the import of Heather Mize Family Tree from Ancestry.ged on Aug 28, 2011 by Heather Mize. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Heather and others.

• WikiTree profile Spires-35 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sam and others.